Physical Development in Children

Physical development or growth often attribute to increasing in height. From infancy to age 1y, children grow. After that period, growth slows down on its own. That’s the point when parents should observe them keenly. But mostly, parents become worried when their children look shorter in class than their other classmates. If your child height is not growing as the usual way, it might be because of health condition, deficiency of growth hormone or it could be in his genetics. But parents should take their child to a doctor if they find the following symptoms in their child.

Signs to be observed if your child growth is delayed
• Short height: If your child looks shorter than the children of their age.
• Slow growth: If the height of your child is normal but growth rate is slow.
• Dwarfism: If you see comparatively a shorter size of arms and legs than their stature

Causes of short stature

Genetic makeup or family history

It is the most common reason for short heightedness in children. If there is a family history of short stature especially, the parents are short heighted than the child in most of the cases are shorter. And it’s not a disease at all.

Dietary deficiency

Poor nutrition could also be the reason for short stature. It could also delay the growth of the children. Some conscious mother gives their child limited food because of the fear of bulkiness, in some cases that action leads to the short stature of a child.

Hypothyroidism

It is an inactive thyroid gland. It cannot make an adequate amount of thyroid secretion that helps to keep the body machine working habitually.

Pituitary gland

A tumor in the pituitary gland could also be the reason for short height.

Childhood illness

In some cases, while infancy or in early childhood, children get ill for a longer time. The illness may be related to the heart. Liver, kidney, etc. or some other chronic disorder like celiac disease. This may also be the reason for the short height.

Homeopathic treatment for height increase

It is very much true that height is an inherited trait but with improper nutrition and some illness may arrest growth. Homeopathy gives finer and healthier results for increasing height among children especially those who have suffered from illness and take poor diet. But parents should tell their children that short height is neither a curse nor any abnormality. Homeopathy is a mode of treatment that cures the person after taking a complete history. It does not focus on the single issue.

For treating any condition Registered Homeopath consider all the symptoms.
Early treatment could always be beneficial for the child to gain a normal height. Make an appointment as soon as you see any symptom in your child that makes you as parents anxious.